Quantum Research and Technologies

Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Indian Institute of Science

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

One of the six Divisions at the Indian Institute of Science

Chair: Rahul Pandit (rahul@iisc.ac.in)

Three Departments Physics [Chair: Prabal Maiti]Mathematics [Chair: S. Thangavelu]Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP) [Chair: S.

Asokan]

Two Centres Cryogenic Technology (CCT) [Chair: Prabal Maiti]High Energy Physics (CHEP) [Chair: Justin David]

Grants from major national and international agencies:

Department of Science and Technology

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Department of Biotechnology

Defence Research and Development Organization

Indian Space Research Organization

University Grants Commission

CEFIPRA, Max Planck, IUSSTF, UKIERI, and AISRF

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Physics

Founded in 1933 by Professor CV Raman.

State of the art research programs in cutting edge areas

Teaching Programmes

Post-M.Sc.

Integrated Ph.D. Programmes

Undergraduate Programme.

Interactions with industry.

UGC Centre for Advanced Study for more than two decades and National

Resource Centre in Physics.

Research Areas

Condensed Matter Physics Soft Matter, Complex SystemsBiology Inspired PhysicsQuantum Computing, Quantum Matter, and Quantum TechnologiesAtomic and Optical Physics, Plasma Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Superconducting Qubit Devices (Vibhor Singh, Physics)

Faculty: Physics

Professors: 14Associate Professors: 6Assistant Professors: 10Chief Research Scientists: 2Principal Research Scientists: 3Honorary Professors: 3Distinguished Associate (CCMT) 1 TOTAL 40

Other FacultyAssociate Faculty: 3INSPIRE faculty: 5TOTAL 8

Students and Staff: Physics

PhD Students: 234Postdoctoral Fellows: 25 Project Assistants: 26Supporting Staff: 4

Other Faculty

Publications

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1120 publications (2014-2019)

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11,416 citations (2014-2019)

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High Impact Journal

Number (2014-19)

PRL 31

PNASNanoscale

721

Nature CommNature Phys

134

Nature NanoNano LetterACS NanoMNRS

3101060

Mathematics

Founded in 1956.

Post-M.Sc. and Integrated Ph.D. Programmes.

UGC Centre for Advanced Study.(d)

Number of faculty: 29

post-docs : 30;

students: about 65 ( 35 Int Ph D+ 30 Ph D)

Number of publications in 2019: 76

Mathematics

Research:

1. Algebra/Representation theory/Algebraic Geometry

2. Complex/Functional/Harmonic Analysis

3. Low dimensional/algebraic/combinatorial topology

4. Differential geometry/Geometric Analysis

5. Probability/combinatorics/stochastic processes

6. Partial differential equations/Numerical analysis/ Dynamical systems

7.Analytic number theory and Arithmetic Geometry

Instrumentation and Applied Physics

Established in 1967 as Central Instrumentation and Services

Laboratory which later became Regional Instrumentation

centre and Instrumentation and Services Unit

Department of Instrumentation : Founded in 1996.

Research: analytical, electronic, optical and laser, solar-energy and

thermal, and vacuum and thin-film instrumentation.

Teaching Programmes: M.Tech., and Post-M.Sc. PhD and Integrated

PhD Programmes; Undergraduate Programme.

Interactions with industry; several start-up companies.

Research Areas | Nanodevices, Single Molecule Physics, Optical Fiber Sensor, Point-of-Care Diagnostics, MEMS, Sensor Technology, Flexible Electronics, Optical Metrology, Electronic Circuits, Control Systems, Electron Transport, Quantum Information, Microfluidics, Microscopy & Imaging

Publications: 300 + (2012 - present)

Patents : 30+ (2012 - Present)

Books: 2 (2012 - Present)

Number of Research Projects: 65 +Total Grants Received: 20+ Cr Consultancy Income: 22.56+ LacksInternational Collaboration: 1.2 Cr

17 faculty members

Instrumentation and Applied Physics

Societal ImpactOpenwater.in (Prof. Sanjiv Sambandan) Spin-off from Flexible Electronics Lab, IAP.High throughput water treatment and waste water management

Plasma Coaters Pvt. Ltd. (Prof. G. Mohan Rao)Development of high end industrial coatings using plasma process for industry and defence, and development of plasma-based systems for varied applications

ShanMukha Innovations Pvt. Ltd. (Prof. Sai Siva Gorthi) Open Platform Point-of-care diagnostic devices, capable of performing cyto, molecular, biochemical and immuno-diagnostics from a drop of blood, at affordable prices, to provide quality healthcare to urban and rural population

High Energy Physics

Founded in 2004. [Earlier the Centre for Theoretical Studies founded by

Professor ECG Sudarshan.]

Research: quantum field theory, physics at particle colliders, experiments at

CERN, string theory, non-commutative geometry, quantum information and

computing, and field theory in condensed-matter systems.

New programme in Experimental High Energy Physics started in 2016. IISc

has joined CMS at CERN, 2016

Teaching Programmes: Post-M.Sc. and Integrated-Ph.D. Programmes;

Undergraduate Programme.

High Energy Physics

13 faculty members:

4 Assistant Professors2 Associate Professors6 Professors1 Honorary Professor. 6 post-doctoral fellows, 35 Ph.D. students 6 Under Graduate students.

Centre for Cryogenic Technology

Founded in 1999 (grew out of an older facility).

Produces 4,25,000 litres of liquid nitrogen and 35,000 litres of

liquid helium per year principally for research programmes at the

Institute.

Major users of the facility are experimental groups in Physics,

Chemistry, Biology, and the NMR Research Centre.

Research: cryogenics-related research programmes; students

taken through the Department of Physics or Instrumentation and

Applied Physics.

Interactions with industry.

Overview

About 100 Faculty members

Several Visitors (e.g., Infosys and Satish Dhawan

Chair Professors)

60 Fellows of Science Academies in India

8 Fellows of TWAS

3 FRSs

3 Padma Shri Awards

9 SS Bhatnagar Awards

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